What the HELL is The Adventures of Mark Twain? (DISTURBING Kids Movie)
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- This is the creepiest thing I've ever seen in a kids movie
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Existential dread time!
Yay!
Fallen Eyes yay
I’m third reply i should say something interesting or funny
“Something Interesting Or Funny”
My favorite kind of time
Whoo hoo
Fun fact: this is the only claymation movie where EVERYTHING is made out of clay, even the backgrounds
Mark almost crashed his airship into Wallace and Gromits Moon Rocket.
Ah yes, the floor is made of floor
Cool
This is such a amazing movie it’s completely straight from artists minds, And unfiltered as much as any animation or claymation.
@don't ask invisible clay, duh
never forgotten that interaction
“who are you?”
“an angel”
“what’s your name?”
“satan”
literal chills down my back
I love that the response immediately after is "uh oh"
To me it was hillarious the first time I heard it. Its like a joke allmost.
Like:
Knock knock.
Whos there?
Angel.
Angel who?
Satan!
@Why so horny?¿ yep! it’s my boy :)
Quite the peculiar angel
Ahhh I remember this! His face distorting certainly would give children nightmares.
I just realized that Adam and Eve doesn’t have bellybuttons, since they where created from dirt and not from a womb.
I never thought about that but it must be true..that’s so strange
Adam would have no nipples too since men carry those over from development in the womb.
@@theq4602 they just... dirt nippled those on
Bruh... you're right... and that's cursed
@@theq4602 Cursed cursed cursed!!!
I feel like Satan isn't a force of evil, just a cold uncaring universe, which is far more terrifying.
I found myself comparing him to Lovecraftian monsters in that regard
The name "Satan" in the Biblical Book of Job is actually a word that means "Adversary" or "Accuser." Both fit, but "accusing" is what that Satan (who I'm not sure is _the_ devil) is doing against Job; he keeps saying Job only praises God because Job has an easy life (that's the "hedge around him.")
@@101Volts
His name is Gadriel. The Angel who deceived Eve.
Well like imagine trying to give a shit about ants or their lives. That's how I imagine gods would be, Satan don't like those annoying ants spreading everywhere and wants to buy some bug spray, but his neighbor God happens to be a weirdo ant-lover to an extreme degree, and unfortunately he is also the president of the HOA.
@@1873Winchester I like the stories of when god drowns the whole ant colony except for a few ants & the one about when god clones himself into a virgin ant to go to one fringe part of the colony and get killed.
Fun fact: Twain actually did have his voice recorded once. He demanded the recording he destroyed because he hated how it sounded.
The biggest mood
I can relate
Wasnt that Lovecraft?
dare i say, relatable
Wow who knew everyone has always hated their voice on recording
Fun fact: Mark Twain actually not only died on the day Halley's Comet appeared. He was also born on the day it appeared in its previous orbital cycle.
i dont know if thats true
but im too lazy to check, so...
SITH LORD SADEUS that’s neat but kind of terrifying to have a day predicted for your own death
@SITH LORD SADEUS "so when mark twain passed away in 1986" thats just straight up wrong, he died in 1910
@@noahfinney4899 death shouldn't be feared as it's part of life.
Halley's Comet: F*ck this guy in particular
You forgot to mention my favorite part: the ending of The Diaries of Adam and Eve, where the two have grown old together in contentment and love: "The Garden is lost, but I have found him, and am content." And we see the elderly Adam bears a resemblance to Twain himself. And then Eve passes away, with Adam eulogizing her: "Wherever she was...there was Eden." Then we cut back to the ship and a portrait of Samuel Clemens and his wife Olivia...who we now see bears a resemblance to Eve in the story. Twain caps it off with a real-life quote: "I am old and tired; I wish I were with my Livvy." You usually don't see this kind of portrayal of grief and mourning in a kids' movie...well, not until Up, anyway.
Incredible
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And also with such respect
Oh wow. You write beautifully. This actually brought tears to my eyes.
Absolutely incredible concept and animation, but I really think it was the publishing studio and the studio alone really that pushed this as a "kids movie".
Its clear the people who made, wrote, adapted, designed, and animated this not only had a real passion for Twain's writings, but really understood his conflicting philosophies on life and really the inner conflicts of Mark Twain himself and arguably the human condition as a whole. These are very mature and adult tones and themes that deal with the concept of life and death and even the concept of life after death. These are very deep, very complicated, and widely debated aspects of human life that require a not inconsiderable degree of critical thinking and self introspection, the likes of which it is not often expected of children to understand or even really grasp.
I don't think this was a kids a movie at all, it has alchohol and drug use, death, the concept of religion and damnation.. this is very clearly a love letter to Mark Twain's writings and intellectual musings as told through the lens of sculpted art and claymation, and it was, in my opinion, CLEARLY some studio guy that didn't really understand much about the film that said "Yes, this is a kids movie. Let's sell it like one."
Nor did they care, really... the whole studio was going bankrupt so they didn't care WHAT they had to sell as long as they had something, and in a way it might be a GOOD thing this had a limited release. If this movie managed a national circulation deal where it would be shown in movie theaters nation wide like any other major theatrical release, it may have had to gone through a harsher processing of vetting for the rating and wound up cutting major parts of the movie, or worse yet, be released unedited and forever be tainted by the million outraged cries of parents.
Nice to see you here
I see where you are coming from. These are difficult topics. And hard to understand ones as well. However, I saw this as a kid and for me it helped me develope a healthier understanding of the realities of life. It helped me begin the development of critical thinking and genuine thought. Kids are human and they have questions. I thought this was a great stepping stone to help me accept many of life's greatest hardships and most confounding conundrums. It helped me see death in a different tone, and prepare for a day when I'd have to deal with it myself. And I have. And it helped me think about topics like religion, many philosophical topics that I already was wondering about, and just didn't have a solid base to ground them on. I think without a doubt these issues should be accompanied with parental guidance. To answer the questions that this film and book don't really answer. To explain the aforementioned topics in an easier to digest form. I think this film was done in a way that's not vulgar and while young kids might not grasp it entirely, I don't think that's a reason they shouldn't see it. All the time we are introduced to topics we don't fully grasp, but we aren't told we can't see them until some vague time passes where we will.
I liked this film and it really grew with me, I understood more and more over the years and I think that's the point. You understand what you understand and as you grow and think through these things yourself, you go back and understand more, and think more. That's how we learn.
no i was able to understand these kinds of things as a kid i think its actually a good movie for a kid cause it gives good lessons that you must learn early in life and to give an answer to existential questions you have as a kid
@@ViolentAurora i think its a great movie for 8 years old and more its really interesting
TBH There are many many films out there that are made for kids yet have very dark and indepth tones and messages. Even seemingly innocent Disney films like Lion King have a death in them. how about Bambi? As well as films people haven't heard about. There were a lot of films with abuse in them and suffering too, such as Hand Christian Anderson's Tales. His stuff got pretty dark but yet it was for kids. There were scenes in which the main character had to save their family members or friends by doing something really painful and nasty. Don't forget, there are also nursery rhymes and lullabies that have dark tones in them such as babies falling from a cradle and the black death and people falling and banging their heads up pretty good.
Guy literally says his name is Satan.
Ginger kid: Come on let's go inside
So it's true!
They don't have souls!
My daughter is a ginger, I agree that they would do this 😅😅
Adam Grittman
Also known to be a major trickster, so it’s safer not being in his presence.
Adam Grittman dude satan is the reason why people are bad, he is the one who tempts them to sin. He doesn’t punish anyone, people punish themselves
ginger,satan? Coincidence my guy?
Mark Twain was also born on the passing of Halie’s comet. He believed he was spiritually connected with the comet and even predicted that his death would be on its next passing.
I believe he said he was born on the comet and would die on the comet. I might of gotten the exact wording wrong
Mark: *doesn't die when Hailey's comic passes*
Also Mark: "Suicide is badass"
I don't know if he did or didn't die with it's passing
and so, as Saber said "Now there are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together" ~Mark Twain
@@theLOSTranger234 wasn't mark friends with tesla as well if i remember correctly and i remember a qoute that he said he when asked tesla what he building i believe it something of time machine or something i forgot
@@maymay5600 I ... think? so... I know they have met some times, as mark was interested in tesla's work also knowing how much of a "mad scientist" tesla was... I would not pull it pass him if he was trying to make somekind of time machine lol XD
"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read."
-Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) ch. 27
It’s funny because it’s true.
It's true, I really didn't want to read any of his books when school forced me to! It really WAS a classic! :o
So the opposite of smut?
Tons of classic literature is still dated and disconnected from the current year, and the older a story gets the less relatable it tends to be. Many classics also have dark historical undertones that distract from the narrative.
In short, classics are important but not necessarily interesting.
@@spongylord7131 Exactly. How am I supposed to get engrossed in Hamlet and see the multilayered hidden meanings in the flowers Ophelia gives to everyone when in modern day those flowers don't all necessarily have the same connotations anymore, AND when flower meanings are no longer common knowledge you can expect everyone to have?!
I deadass thought mark twain was albert einstein
Same 🤣
Same
same
Omg I thought I was alone
They do look kinda similar so not really anything to be ashamed about
My dad once walked in at a more innocent part of the movie and said that all the characters with mustaches look like they just have extremely long nose hair and I've never been able to unsee it
My favorite part is absolutely when the angel, Satan of course the archangel, tells me how life matters so little it has negative value. :)
Also, I don't really see it.
@@Sheridan2LT really? I'm surprised. But I guess its a matter of perspective.
@@wyattsmith7537 lmao seriously? It's not the same width as the nostril holes look again :D
😄
Fun fact! my Great Grandfather, George Wattles Waters was a small time artist who knew Mark Twain because their wives were friends. Twain sounds like a wild guy since he commissioned a painting from my Grandpa, (who pretty much exclusively did still life's, landscapes, and portraits) of a ship burning at sea. Because he wanted to see more activity than in his other paintings.
That's awesome! What's the name of the piece, if I may ask? I kinda want to search it up if its online.
@@gingaswagger7969 there's the mysterious part, you can find a lot of GW Waters paintings online, I've searched them up myself. But According to the sources I found, the Twain painting is unaccounted for by his estate. So if it hasn't been destroyed by time, then I think someone somewhere just has it, and probably doesn't know what they're holding onto.
That is amazing! I searched his name up and his paintings are beautiful
WOAH WTF. DAMN. You're a lucky bastard to be related to someone who knew another person that was such a big part of history! Frankly, I'm quite jealous because damn, knowing you ancestor was a friend of a famous historical figure.... Damn...
@@vi0let831 I didn't get to meet my maternal grandparents in their lifetimes, so I like to learn what I can about them. I think most people can find some characters in their history if they look hard enough
Fun fact: The movie is COMPLETELY made out of clay, even the voice actors.
Lmao
No! Noooo!
Including this comment
fun
@@humancentered3447 EVERYTHING IS CLAY
My mom actually watched this when she was little, and she was scarred for LIFE, not surprisingly. and whenever i mention it to her, she’s always in a depressing mood for the rest of the day
wow I wonder why she was so deeply affected
@@tumarmaa2984 The futility of life?
@@yvellebradley2502 I guess but being that affected by a piece of art after so many years is pretty amazing
Cuz its depicting Satan as being a God character wouldnt that scar anyone?
@@Mishakol1290 my comment was made a while ago so my mind has changed a little. There are small things in media that have impacted me as a child, and I still think about to this day. Like that "one is all, and all is one" scene from FMA loool so i guess it makes sense.
you missed the chance to call them "Mark Twain and Dark Twain"
Oh my gosh he did
There's a third in that interpretation; LS Mark Twain, who 'heats' both of them
It reminds me of Unus Annus......
@@foxbrobroski5714 delete 😢
I had this on VHS growing up in the 80s
"The father of fu- no not that"
Too late Saber, the die has been cast
#furdaddy
idk if father, but maybe an uncle?
@@rompevuevitos222 the cool furry uncle hell yeah
Uncle Samsonite
Father of furry animals like bunny's.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS REAL. Was literally talking to my friend about this and he didn't remember. Was starting to think it was a fever dream.
Roman Garcia *CAN’T
Yeah man, me too. Saw it on a government arts channel here in Mexico when I was like 6 years old and I have the memory of it, but not even my parents remember this flick
It's good to know I'm not going bananas
holy shit same, I thought it was a dream made from all the claymation movies I used to watch as a kid
The same thing happened to me with Labyrinth. I kept having these strange memories of a very weird movie that I thought I watched but as a 5 or 6 year old kid it was too hard to explain what I remembered or even if it was real, until a year or so later my family rented it and it was such a big moment of "Oh my god! This is it!". It was so rewarding to watch as the scenes I kept seeing in my head came to life on my TV
I saw this movie as a young child when it came out in theatres because my mother loved Mark Twain. It was amazing. There were parts that were scary. But that's okay. It's good to scare kids and it's good to challenge them.
Kids don’t get challenged anymore, so now when they grow up life is gonna hit them even harder because they’re not being prepared to think deep thoughts while watching the angry birds movie or some such trash. Kids need to be traumatized juuuuuust enough to grow up normal.
@@bencarlson4300 angry birds was better than what we have in 2023 lol
@@albertthebird7835 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is still in theaters, idk what you're talking about
@@bencarlson4300the dog stunk
@@bencarlson4300traumatized is not the word to use
Saberspark: "I think it's only fair that I give Mark Twain a shout out."
Mark Twain: "Holy crap, I've been waiting for this day my whole life."
... And death
this literally made be Laugh Out Loud .... thank you past @The Milkman. future @TheCommonGentry needed this and thanks you with a huge hug for that comment
You glossed over the fact that when they asked the Stranger's name, they replied "Satan" and Huck's response was "uh oh"
The only correct reaction
“Not him again.”
*mentions how Laika was “created”*
Now we don’t have time to unpack *ALL* of that
N o d o n t
Oh boy
Dont open that can of worms. Thats a lot to unpack here.
*"Fame is a vapor, the only earthly certainty is oblivion"*
That dark sentiment from Omega Twain reminds me of its similarities with the contents of the *Book of Ecclesiastes* from the Bible.
@@meepthemoop837 Christians: Why was we created MrGod?
God: No reason I just got lonely
Christians: Uhhh... what
@@reddyforlenny9389 God: Satan is a bad, dont trust him.
Also God: *floods the fuck out of the Earth and ask a guy to kill his son to make sure hes loyal to him*
@@CHADCONTEXT except Satan wants eternal torment to us and his son never died he just wanted to test him, also imagine how worthless life is to a being that is eternal and knows you are eternal too
All is vanity
@@CHADCONTEXT You know the reason He flooded everyone was because everyone were assholes, murdering, prostituting, stealing, etc., like that was their average thing to do. Noah and his family were the least terrible people.
33:22
Huck Finn: "...What's a classic?"
Pessimistic!Mark Twain: "Something everyone wants to have read, but nobody wants to read."
More like realistic!Mark Twain in this scenario, lol
English classes: "but it's a classic"
All k-12 students: *groans*
I like how he said that libraries would be better places if every book by Jane Austen was thrown out.
I don't know if it was Dark Twain who said that one, since he's wearing a dressing gown instead of a suit, but it feels too much like light-hearted snarkyness to be him in my opinion.
I was legit surprised when this suddenly turned into Laika’s origin story.
At least Travis Knight was no silver spoon slacker...he made Bumblebee
As soon as he mentioned Travis Knight I was like "Wait a second, this sounds familiar....".
I love that “Satan” has several voices, one masculine, one feminine. Very eerie.
He does have several voices. But it isnt several if its one male and female like you said, that would be a couple voices.
@@kiddisley5890 thank you
Evil has no form. It can be anything, anyone
@@CHADCONTEXT They weren't even necessarily evil, but I see what you mean.
@82 Number Evil? You missed the entire point of the segment...
"It comes naturally to me as do many other curious things."
*I'm screaming*
why are you screaming? what does that mean ._.
"Whats a classic?"
"Something everybody wants have read but nobody wants to read"
hahahahahhaha XD
Sadly so true most of the time...
Tornado Dee Honestly that is too true hahaha
@Allan Tidgwell it means you read a book
Pretty much.
I got into classic literature a few years back and suddenly my friend that liked to make references to Poe and Shelly decided to back off from doing that and admitted that he had "been meaning to get around to reading them" and hadn't actually read any of their stuff when I tried to start a conversation about them.
It is damn near impossible to have a conversation about these things that isn't laced with smug bluffing.
Who else is about hit up Mark Twain's only fans to see those book pics
lmao
Can't wait to see those books cover-less
Ahem... yeah book pics i don’t even care about that mark twain cake. Not one bit
Ooh yeah I love thicc book cover
I want to see that *spine*
Why does Adam and Eve look like Jimmy Neutron’s parents tho
Cause Judy and Hugh are both clearly some kinda Mutant with extended life spans how the fuck else you explain jimmy’s big ass head and ability to not need oxygen in space
The reason why they can breathe is because Jimmy took out the antioxigen and the other nonbreathy stuff from space.
Asher I approve of your statement.
Asher and Ash D.
So jimmy is some kinda godless alchemist cause that’s some shit even Edward Elric wouldn’t be able to do.
I remember someone else reviewing this and in retrospect, they obviously didn't know much about Mark Twain. If I recall correctly, they said that it seemed like a random sort of film that just had Mark Twain chasing Haley's Comet for no real reason. They complimented the visuals, but wondered what kind of drugs the creators had to have been on when creating this weird thing that had nothing to do with Mark Twain aside from him being slapped into it. And... I believed it. I believed it was just a strange thing that randomly starred Mark Twain and his characters Tom, Huck and Becky and just had some trippy imagery. Thank you Saber for showing me this in a whole new light as something of great poetic integrity and purpose and all the relevancy in the world. I am surely richer for the experience.
The moment someone says "I wonder what drugs they took" you should immediately dismiss them. It's the dumbest thing and always shows that they neither tried to understand the creator nor took them or even art for that matter seriously. It's this age old implication that if you don't understand something it has to be nonsensical or had to kind of spring into existance from nothing because drugs are mysterious to them and not that it might be your fault for not giving a shit. I remember that Felix colgrave (the double king animator) once got really tired of that question and wrote a long jokey rant about "how many drug he takes" he since removed it (probably because it was so passive aggressive lol)
They reviewed it without really looking into it? Was it Sardonicast?
@@trentkelsey4730 No, unfortunately I don't remember who it was.
@@trentkelsey4730
What? Sardonicast looks into stuff?
@@mjrhmekssh i dont know, some things really are just the product of drug use.
I love how when Satan tells the kids their name, the kids just reply with "That's unfortunate."
Ikr, I literally laughed out loud when I heard that lmao
I love Satan’s voice. The combination of male and female voices is a lot like Dormin from Shadow of the Colossus.
Yep just like them
It reminds me of "the master" from fallout
Thy next foe is...
Or Masked Kid from Underhero. A friend had me playing that recently and I noticed it with what few sounds the kid makes like when jumping or being damaged
Yeah voices like that are creepy af
The idea of Mark Twain having an OnlyFans is both horrifying and alluring
Not really, everyone who follows is exempt from being a simp.
@@fuziontonygaming oh my god but calling someone a 'Simp for Mark Twain' sounds absolutely hilarious
@@katbird2699 Uh, I bought it for the articles!
What if he just shares exclusive pieces of literature?
Hey its probably classier than the onision onlyfans.
Mark Twain's facial expressions are so beautifully done in this movie. Especially when he plays the organ...there were so many emotions packed in there, I actually teared up and finally broke down near the end of the video.
Marktwain: Father of literature
Will Venten: Father of Clayamation
Saberspark: Father of Furries
*furries
*Daddy of Furries
@@ghostuscoyote ow - no
Stan Lee: Father of Marvel Comics.
The Father, the Son and the holy furry
"One of the most unique takes on Satan I've ever seen."
Bruh, that's just one of the more accurate takes on Satan. Satan is never described as a little red dude with a pitch fork in the Bible.
Western Christians don't get their beliefs from the Bible though. They get them from _The Divine Comedy_ and occasionally _Paradise Lost._
@@DistractedGlobeGuy Christianity got taken over by fanfic.
@Error try again later Idk I'd be pretty terrified if I were a person in biblical times and a bright light came out of nowhere and some dude with wings and a halo on his head popped out of it.
I will not say the most accurate, since his features were never described in detail, however I see this represetation of Satan more believable in a way. As instead of a dark lord of evil or something more brutal and violent, this representation is more focus on his apathy toward life itself, and also see humans as weak entities.
Do not forget how they took the Horned God Pan/Cernnunos and called him satan to turn people away from Paganism.
If you like talking about disturbing moments in kid shows or movies, you should talk about Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated! There is Nazi robots, Hell, murder and so much more!
Lol but I still love the series
That series is the reason I breathe. I rewatch it once a week just to keep living.
Didn't a demon eat the residents of the town at one point?
Dont forget about how Fred straight up steals a corpse!
Crazy Spacd Kook and The Witch Doctor are my favorite
Fun fact: Everything is Claymation even you, everything is clay.
we went from cake to clay.
at least clay is easier to reform than cake!
Wait, you guys never watched satanic clay movies about having an existential crisis
No
I Know Right, I saw this Years Ago.
Smh, that's every fucking Tuesday, man.
I did!
No but I watched an anime based on a Mark Twain book
Y’all should read the book, it’s pretty interesting
And incomplete
Alright then
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@@Fruidish dafq?
“What are you?”
“An angel.”
“What’s your name?”
“Satan.”
Kids: uH Oh
Ginger kid: hmmm interesting
Well Satan did use to be an Angel in the Bible
Well he said UhOh xD
The two kids didn't, but of course the fucking ginger haired kid wanted them all to go inside.
I mean
satan literally is an angel (all be it a fallen one)
Kids questionated it.
the fact that this movie came out and was rated g reminds me of a fact about coraline (the book). neil gaiman himself thought it was too scary, but his friend's daughter had read it and said it was fine. years later, the daughter admitted she lied.
it's unsurprising laika ended up making a movie about coraline, honestly.
The only thing is that Coraline was PG
And a lot of people believed it should’ve been PG-13
@@silashurd3597 With a couple tweaks and some additional gore Coraline could have easily been R rated. It’s actually more disturbing to me that it’s only PG, that movie is more creepy to me than most horror films.
The daughter lied about the book being scary because she really wanted to know what happened next.
Interesting how our curiosity can serve to power us through things we would never think of exploring.
In this film: three kids accidentally click on someone livestreaming _The Sims._
*Kids Click on video of someone burning ant hill*
Or
*Kids Watch CSGO cheater livestream from Russia*
Let’s start a fire in the kitchen and then remove all the doors.
*The Father of “What The Hell Is...” reviews*
Yes.
Most certainly
and of Furries.
Fun fact: Grok is a literary reference. Referring to a term from the Robert Heinlein novel Stranger in a Strange Land. It's a martian term that means to understand something on a deep and fundamental level to such a degree as to have it become a part of you.
Almost wholesome until you realize that Heinlein made everyone bang in a sex cult orgy in the last third of the book. And it saves the world from an alien invasion. It makes sense in context... kinda...
OSP?
I mean, Mike WAS an angel, after all
@@Talonistrying Yeah, the heaven commentary in that book was kind of random.
@@EvilSandwich yeah, it kind of came out of nowhere...I mean, so did the sex cult, but still
@@bassyboi581 overly sarcastic productions!
"I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is." The innocence in that statement alone was more chilling than just having an evil Satan.
Fun fact: The Stories of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain wrote them based on his relationship with his wife throughout all his life with her.
The portrait of Mark and his wife in the movie, the wife greatly resembles Eve.
"Wherever she was, that was Eden."
I watched this movie as a child, and recently told my friends about the creepy Satan part and they thought I was joking until I showed them the clip on UA-cam. They then asked why was it even a kids movie lol, I'm glad someone is talking about the movie as a whole because I never really found anything about it
Fun facts if you're into this sort of thing; in 1900, it was perfectly acceptable for The Wizard of Oz to have the Tin Man decapitate a Wildcat so hard that its head rolled in two pieces. There are more highlights from Oz, too. There's a Hungry Tiger in the third book, and he's longing to eat a baby, but he's a good Tiger; he refuses to eat a baby because he thinks that's terrible.
Its not even that bad read the bible lol they force that on young kids
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I feel sorry Will Vinton. Just imagine being kicked out of your own studio. It must be heartbreaking.
vjpearce steve jobs
vjpearce kojima be like
Did anyone also notice that when Satan was welcoming the kids onto his island, that he made Mark Twain’s face on his mask? I wonder what it means.
Just me? Ok then...
He just wants them to trust him enough that they'll go to his island.
He's making himself seem welcoming. Children are easily entertained and mimicking the look of someone they know will put them more at ease.
I noticed and was perplexed, as well
I don’t think it’s about trust or being welcoming - it’s very brief, on the side of his head before it becomes a skull, and initially resembles a tumor, in my opinion. It makes Satan more disturbing to me.
Fun fact: Satan’s voice was a combination of both a man and a woman who spoke the lines at the same time.
Edit: I commented this before it was said in the video. Oops. Just knew it beforehand and didn’t know we were gonna learn it later
That just makes it more creepy.
That explains alot
I tot that has said in the vid -.-
Ya don't say
O RLY?
"You're not going to die"
*Because his literature would live for decades and decades, it's still a familiar name to this day*
@a meme comment Yeah, it'll endure until the left-wing cult demands Mark Twain as their next blood sacrifice, followed by the rest of the Western canon.
Nice sentiment, but definitely dead.
@@PaulvonOberstein how the hell did left and right wing get into this?
@@dartfamily3409 Because people are so divided in these times. People now look at you as either left or right, socialist or conservative, republican or democrat (if you live in the us) Personally it has gotten so deep into our heads that some people choose not to interact to one another or belittle them based on their thoughts. Which now makes me think about satan in the movie and gives good points about us humans arguing all the time and trying to one up each other.
Laika is one of my favorite movie companies, I had no idea it tied into this! Paranorman, Box Trolls, Coraline, Corpse Bride, they were the finishing puzzle pieces that got me into claymation. Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Wererabbit is what started it. I actually think that would be a great movie for you to talk about Saber, I never hear people bring it up!
Twain's relationship to Satan is very interesting. My favorite text ever written by man (at least I think it's my favorite) is from Mark Twain, about Satan. It always brings a tear to my eye.
"But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most, our one fellow and brother who most needed a friend yet had not a single one, the one sinner among us all who had the highest and clearest right to every Christian's daily and nightly prayers, for the plain and unassailable reason that his was the first and greatest need, he being among sinners the supremest?"
Actually, there was a real subset (or possibly more accurately, cult) of Christians during the early 1800s, and possibly earlier, who called themselves Satanists, but were actually based around the idea that God had forgiven Satan, because that's what Christianity was about.
One of them is a minor sailor character in the Aubrey/Maturin series, though I can't recall which book precisely.
As a child brought up in a heavily Christian household, I always wondered why, if God's love and forgiveness was so absolute that even murderers and thieves could be saved, then why not just patch things up with Satan? It always seemed weird that there would be bad blood between Heaven and Hell, even after so many millennia.
Of course, then I grew up and realized that was just one small drop in the bucket full of inconsistencies plaguing the Bible. Not all works of fiction can be winners, I suppose.
@@grammarmaid Some personal head cannon I use for that is that ruling in hell was in itself forgiveness in a way, Lucy ultimately got freedom and his own kingdom but still got punished by the fall. There's also a fair amount of fiction that have various takes on it and more than one would likely suspect are quite sympathetic to Old Scratch.
Satan in christianity is just an excuse for all the bad to not blame God, In Greek mythology Hades the ruler of the underworld is not a bad guy, he just manages the dead
also Im kinda confused by this text, does it mean that Satan should be our friend?
Coraline's sewing scene: *Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!*
Ironically, the studio that made this film turned into the studio that made that Coraline
Xenderman Does he not mention this in the video or..??
Laika made this maybe and coraline was made by laika to
That was the best depiction of Satan I've ever seen in ANY media. I still remember the first time I accidentally stumbled upon the episode while randomly browsing UA-cam and that image got stuck in my head.
El Rocky Raccoon actually it’s not Satan, but A satan. The Devil is Satan, but a normal satan is a type of angel, like an archangel or guardian angel are. In the Bible, satans are angels that cause calamity and problems for people, the most famous one being from The Book of Job, where a satan challenges God to prove if humans could be good no matter what happens to them.
@@theawkwardskeleton6608 True and I can see where you are coming from, but I think the creators intended this to be the Devil. However, Saber said earler in Marks's novel it was originaly the Devil's nephew and not the devil himself so you would be right there.
@@redwolf6213 The figure in the story says that Satan is a common name for angels, which makes sense when you consider that the word ‘satan’ is Hebrew for ‘accuser,’ or ‘adversary.’
@@theawkwardskeleton6608 True true
@@theawkwardskeleton6608 Satan has many different "names" in the bible but there is only one "Satan". The bible says in Revelation 12:4: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth... The stars represent the angels. So one third of all the angels were deceived by Lucifer into questioning and doubting God in heaven and Jesus (who is Michael the archangel [Rev. 12:7-9, Dan 12:1, 1 Thes 4:16, Jude 1:9...) and the remaining good angels went to war with Lucifer and his angels. Thus Lucifer became known as Satan (translates to "adversary" or "the adversary") once he was cast out of heaven. Satan deceived 1/3 of the angels therefore 1/3 of the total number of angels are on his side bound to this earth. They have power but it is limited. The good angels are stronger and greater in number.
I saw this when I was young, and while it was disturbing, it was also like a badge of honor - you were tough enough, or brave enough, to get through it. I always loved Claymation Mark Twain, and bought it streaming when I found it a few years back. A great movie, well worth the time, though you are right that it drags in the Adam and Eve sections a bit.
"Who are you?"
"An angel."
"What's your name?"
_"Satan."_
*"uh oh"*
I don't know why, but I lovvvve this exchange so much. Yeah the "uh oh" adds to it but the comedy factor is only 20% of it for me, the rest of the exchange just, MngH I don't know why but it's so goood.
It sounds like the type of "uh oh" you'd say when you forgot your homework. XD
bUt SaTaN iS aN aNgEl
Best Oxymoron Ever! I think...
@@tlebron8426 not really, Satan, on the religion I'm familiar with, was an angel. And then he was like, mean or something and God was like "no"
Twain got darker and darker later in his life, but he never completely gave up hope. The story of his life is as beautiful as his stories.
Omg imagine if a drunk recap of THIS film is made, Saber would have mental breakdown or at least something similar.
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I remember watching this on VHS that I got from the library when I was a kid, mysterious stranger gave me nightmares for weeks and my parents said I couldn’t check it out again
Saberspark, just so you know, there are SEVERAL versions of the mysterious stranger. All incomplete. Each version stars a different version of a character named "Satan", so him being portrayed as a shapeshifting mask is brilliant. It's really wild
The only CEAA approved edition is from The Mark Twain Library and University of California Press (1969). To me, that makes it the most definitive.
The mask was an excellent choice. 🤙
"I am fully inclined to believe there's something after this, and if not, don't be a sissy, let's go."
Great quote.
I love the way Twain winks when he says that
I love this quote in particular. Its perfect.
"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
That's a really good quote.
"What's your name?"
"Satan."
*"Let's go in!"*
I remember seeing that scene when I was just a little kid, it disturbed the living hell out of me. Then as I got older I thought maybe it wasn’t real, just some fever dream I had.... nope!
Same here!!!!!!!!
Same. :(
Danggggg. YALL OLD AF. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS
SAME
@@Roeclean You'll get there soon, trust me. Time passes far too quickly, lol. And you'll be saying "Danggggg. YALL YOUNG AF." :P
"Happy go lucky tom sawyer" boy you need to read that book again
He's got lost in a cave, run away to an islandwith friends, fed a cat painkiller, and start a gang
Ikr i was confused when he said that lol
@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 it's a book about the pains of youth and racism
@@billyloper4072 I already read the book on my own
Maybe it was sarcasm? Just maybe
This scene is a masterpiece of horror. Without relying on a single jumpscare, it's able to create such a sense of unease and dread.
The way it captures Twain's idea of Satan is perfect. An angel. A perfect, immortal being that just doesn't GET imperfection and mortality. A creature so far above humanity that the only feelings it is able to muster for us are mild amusement, curiosity, contempt, and disgust.
And that's where the existential fear lies. That you are so small as to be nearly insignificant. That there are beings out there so far beyond you that the only reason they have not yet snuffed out your brief, confused flailing of an existence, is because you matter so little to them that they simply can't be bothered.
You are nothing. You are a thought in the void. And in a brief moment, you will not even be that.
Goodnight, kids! XD
Ouch
That's tough but partly true, but you can change that depending on your mindset you choose what you are you can choose to be an insignificant figure that goes forgotten or chose to be a legend , a great .
Except that this character is not the Satan from the Bible, it's his hephew who is also named Satan, who is sinless unlike his uncle. So it's not his idea of Satan, it's his idea of Divinity, more or less of God. God is the "perfect, immortal being ... so far above humanity that the only feelings it is able to muster for us are mild amusement, curiosity, contempt, and disgust".
Ecks dee.
The fact Satan doesn't even have a specific voice, just both man and woman mashed into one, adds to the creepiness of it. Pure genius.
As someone who deeply enjoyed watching this movie since childhood, I’m THRILLED to see it appreciated like this!! I was always in awe of the art and style of this representation of Twain’s classics. When I was in elementary school, I even shared it with my 5th grade class with the approval of my teacher!! Today, my children have watched it and it inspired them to read all, or at least most, of Mark Twain’s works! This was such an awesome video. Thank you. ☺️
"Of course truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense" ~ Mark Twain
I like the idea of an evil creature that doesn’t act out of malice or hatred. It’s more like lack of empathy or understanding.
Oh boy, do I have an entire genre of horror to introduce to you.
Cthulhu fhtagn!
@@TheDigitalWatcher Lovecraft's racism is such a turn off tho.
Sounds like my sociopathic ex girlfriend.
Oggatha Christie to me Satan in the film more represented the wrath of a jealous god and the Old Testament. Flooding the Earth, destroying the Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, the binding of Issac, the torture of Job, Egyptian infanticide in Passover, etc.
Me: “YAY A NEW SABERSPARK VIDEO!”
Saber: “Hope you’re ready for existential dread!”
Me: “.... My one weakness-“
I remember seeing this television special for the first time, the Mysterious Stranger was chilling and very heavy to watch. I have had a copy of this special in my files for a long long time and like to re-watch it about once a year. It is an extremely entertaining show on its own, and a tribute to the short-lived era of claymation, not to mention being very very nostalgic. I enjoyed your take on this show and it's impact.
This is actually my favorite interpretation of “Satan” in any film. What makes it terrifying isn’t just what he looks like in the end, but everything that transitioned after he killed the first two “humans” figures. It’s a beautiful segment and also terrifying.
Almost?
It’s not even satan it’s his nephew who was named after him
@@gothicglypso5197 source for that? I’d like to read about it.
In the original book he says that he isn’t the satan the kids are thinking about but rather his nephew and he was simply named after him
@@gothicglypso5197 When you read it all it makes you think it might be the real Satan that was just lying. It's left up to the readers to decide
*clay people crying over coffin*
Satin: What strange thing human do **or something like that**
Me: **Thinks of Dancing coffin meme**
*S A T I N*
*Satan's mask bends into a pretzel as they see the meme*
He said: “What strange rituals humans do.”
bro I had no idea Laika took over his own company, thats messed up.
theyre kind of a weirdly transphobic company sometimes, not all their movies but some of their movies go hard on the transmisogyny for some reason
UncleBibby I’m trans and I adore Laila, I’d like to hear more about that, do u have examples?
UncleBibby do you have prove about that? Cause I think is BS what are you saying.
@@AuntBibby evidence please
Ss
This is my favorite interpretation of satan, it’s design and ideology are just spot on, I kinda agreed with it in some points
That’s what makes him the ultimate villain: he’s not wrong…
The kids are actually child representations of Adam, Eve, and Mark Twain himself. Twain's hair was known for being a rather shocking white, but before it turned this color it was actually red, so put two and two together and you can figure out the rest of the characters. :)
That makes sense! Especially with eating the fruit! The Garden of Eden connection! This is brilliant!!!
@@lynnkay417 And the girl, Becky, ate the apple
Are you saying that Tom Sawyer is an autobiographical representation of a young Twain within all of the books in which he appears?
Halley's comet is an important aspect because Mark Twain didn't only die when the comet passed by, he was born during the same event as well. One of his famous quotes was is "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together." He died the next year.
That got mentioned
"my heart breaks for the children that watched this back in the day"
thanks for your condolences saber, this shit messed with me when i watched it when i was little
Don't be sorry for me. All the terror and the trauma made me my edgy personality today. And i love it. I love myself.
AwAcat my brother and I watched it all the time LOL
I saw this as a very young child. I loved the Claymation Christmas Special, and saw this at Blockbuster. A movie by the same person/company? This is going to be great! It'll be like the same experience again, only better because it's a movie and not a TV special. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!?
@@PoppyIsMyMetalQueen same I never saw the movie but I saw something else that was very disturbing to me as a child and made me edgy I love edgy stuff
One thing that really impresses me about the film is how lifelike the facial expressions are.
"Cool snake with sunglasdes" Good Omens eat your heart out
Mark Twain's brother also died when he was very young. Death was a part of his life and it made him question a lot of things.
I've mostly never experienced death and I question everything.
"He was divided between being an optimist and being a pessimist."
...Suddenly I believe in reincarnation.
same here
Your profile pick makes me think that your more of an optimist.
I remember seeing The Mysterious Stranger a few years back on UA-cam and it’s always stuck with me. Excellent breakdown!
The fact that Will Vinton Studios turned in Laika shook me to my core
Idk whether to be happy that Will Vinton Studios literally walked so Laika could run or be sad that Will Vinton was booted from his own company and had to see it grow without him
SAME I was like O.O
It's honestly kind of sad that this was the only scene anyone ever talks about when it comes to this movie .
It’s claymation is excellent
I know how scary this scene is but this movie deserves alot more attention as Will Vinton did an amazing job using his stopmotion skills to make a genuine fine work.
Confirming from someone who watched the original airing as a kid: it was aired uncut. It was intense and I was glued to the TV when it aired
My Pops is in this film, so it was required viewing. Calaveras County was my favorite scene for that reason.
@@realar can I ask out of curiousity what part in the film did your pops worked on?
@@realar yeah I'm curious too
yeah i vaguely remember seeing it on some weekend network block
@@Scrofar He was the white mustached man in that segment. The one who was hornswaggled by that tricky man.
Not only was the Satan sequence not banned from television, that's where I saw it as a kid. I don't remember exactly when, I must have been a bit older, because I was a lot more intrigued by the whole thing than frightened, and was kinda wondering myself at the time how that sequence had gotten into a kids movie. Honestly I'm just glad to have confirmation that the whole thing wasn't some fever dream.
Angel: says their name is literally *satan*
some kids that are probably in middle school: *ok lets go inside* edit: thats the most amount of likes i’ve ever gotten! thank you for the support 🥺
Book version: Yes but actually no.
His dark void with barely any ground to stand on looks inviting.
Also, even Twain was like "y'all hear summin'?" when they were going in. The kids were very naive.
In the book he explains "oh he is just my uncle, we share the same name". Kinda weird since I am pretty sure his name was Lucifer, Satan is a name that came later.
🤯 I saw this on stumbleupon back in highschool. For sure creeped us out
@@SwiftNimblefoot That's one way to go about it. Shin Megami Tensei teases this with two enemy types called "Lucifer" and "Satan", but that part is explored with the mascot, "Jack Frost", a little shit with quite a mouth. However, some individuals from the Jack Frost family of enemies have a heart of gold as hee-ho wants nothing bad to happen to both his world and the human world.
“I read part of a book!”
*said with extreme pride*
Novels just aren't for everyone. Similarly, I would proudly proclaim that I only fell asleep once during the Super Bowl! The main thing is that he stepped outside his comfort zone for this.
It is pride month after all
Kinda disappointed you didn't call Omega Twain "Dark Twain" :v
That was my immediate thought.
This looks like something that is suppose to be on Courage.
You missed the opportunity to call Omega Twain “Dark Twain”
“Dark Mark”
Darth Twain
These are all amazing lol
@Laura AK Dark Mark is Mark Lanegan tho
More like the Evil Twain.
I'd just like to point out that the whole over-arching plot, involving Tom Sawyer and friends sneaking aboard an airship piloted by an eccentric madman, is in itself adapted from _Tom Sawyer Abroad,_ and so I think belongs on the anthology list.
Mark Twain had a pretty existential life according to his AB's, at the end of the day he attributes everything he'd ever done to his disire to see Haley's Commet (Which he was born under) with his own, memorable eyes. (Which he was guaranteed since birth since even when he was born, it was a well known fact it passes earth every 16 years.)
And HE STILL managed to miss it the first time around. How did he cope? He wrote The Prince and The Pauper
Halley's comet only passes every 75 years.
@@WolfHreda yeah
if life really is meaningless, I’ve made it this far might as well keep going